Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, or LTNs, reduce traffic in residential streets, and improve access for pedestrians and cyclists with dedicated lanes, wider pavements and planters blocking off vehicle access.
Speed limits of 20mph are designed to reduce the severity of injuries suffered in accidents.
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Rishi Sunak says he wants to stop “hare-brained” road calming and safety schemes, including 20mph zones, to end what he says is a “war on motorists”.
He conceded that 20mph zones near schools “make sense” but said they should not be done in a “blanket way” - criticising the Welsh government’s decision to drop the default speed limit from 30mph to 20mph for restricted roads.
Mr Harper also told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme"we want them put in place where they make sense" such as “outside a school, or in a heavily built up area where you might have children playing, or where there’s a particular issue with accidents”.
But writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh posted previous commitments by the Conservatives to LTNs, adding: “Whose hare-brained idea was it in the first place?”
The latest plans follow the prime minister’s revision of his government’s net zero policies, which delays the ban on new diesel and petrol cars from 2030 to 2035.
It also follows the Conservative Party’s narrow byelection victory in Uxbridge, Boris Johnson’s former seat, after fighting a campaign focused on local opposition to the expansion of London’s ultra-low emission zone.
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